Combined chair-seat and commode.



w. M. HADDOCK. I

COMBINED CHAIR SEAT AND COMMODE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.7. 1915.

1,204, 13 1. Patented Nov; 14, 1916.

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WALTER M/HABDOCK, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 HOWARD FLANARY, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

Application filed April 7, 1915. Serial No. 19,709.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WALTER M. HADDOCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Chair- Seats and Commodes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to combined chair seats and commodes, and the principal object of the invention is to provide a chair seat hinged to a frame, and means for supporting a commode pan underneath the seat, so that the chair may be used either as a commode or as an ordinary chair.

The foregoing and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of a combined chair seat and commode made in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1, and broken away in the center, and-Fig. 1 is a detail view in elevation of the fastening means for the commode p Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a rectangular frame for the seat of a chair and commode, said frame being rectangular in form and cut away at its center. The frame 1 is preferably formed of wood and is provided with a recess 2 to receive a rectangular seat frame 3, said seat frame being secured in the recess by suitable screws or fastenings 4. A perforated seat 6 is hinged at 5 to the seat frame 3, and said seat 6 is supported by the curved portion 7 which surrounds the central opening 8 in the frame 1. The seat 6 is provided with a curved recess 9 to admit a finger for raising the seat.

Underneath th frame 1 are metal guides 10, secured by bolts 11, and said guides are provided with curved portions 12 to permit the curved flange 13 of the commode pan 14 to slide underneath the opening 8 and to be readily removed from the frame 1 when de sired. A metal stop plate 15 is secured to the frame 1 by fastenings 16 to prevent the pan 14 from being pushed through and out at the opposite side of the chair seat. A latch or fastening device 17 is secured to the seat 1 as shown in Fig. 4, said latch having a slot 18 therein to receive a pivoted fastening key 19.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a combined chair seat and commode made in accordance with this invention is very simple in construction, will be found very useful in'families having growing children and that the cost of manufacture is comparatively slight.

Various changes may be made in the de-.

tails of construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims.

What is claimed is 1. A combined chair seat and commode comprising a rectangular frame provided on its upper face with a recess terminating in a central opening, an auxiliary frame mounted in said recess upon the upper face of said first named frame, a perforated plate hingedly secured to the last named frame and covering said opening, guides secured to the under face of the frame and on opposite sides of said opening, and a pan adapted to cooperate with said guides and being removably positioned under said opening of the seat frame, means for limiting the inward movement of said pan, and means for preventing outward movement of said pan substantially as set forth.

2. A combined chair seat and commode comprising a rectangular frame having a recess on its upper face terminating in an opening, a metal frame seated in said recess provided with an opening alining with the opening in the first named frame, a rectangular perforated plate hingedly secured to the last named frame and covering said opening, guide plates secured to the under side of the first named frame on opposite sides of the opening, stop blocks secured to the under side of said frame, a pan cooperating with said guides for being removably In testimony whereof I affix my signature replaced under said opening, said stop block in presence of two Witnesses.

limiting the inward movement of said pan, WALTER M. HADDOCK. and means on the front end of said pan for WVitnesses:

5 limiting the outward movement of the same, ELMER E. LAUGHLIN,

substantially as set forth. ANASTATIA F. LAUGHLIN.

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